Daily Group Grid Answer — September 2, 2026
Full answer to our original Daily Group Grid puzzle for September 2, 2026 (Puzzle #245). Want the latest day instead? Head to today's answer, or just need a nudge — try the progressive hints. Tap a blacked-out box to reveal it.
Hints (no spoilers)
- Yellow: the easiest, most literal group.
- Green: a small twist on the obvious.
- Blue: trickier — think category, not surface meaning.
- Purple: the curveball; expect wordplay or a hidden pattern.
The Answers
| Group | Theme | Words |
|---|---|---|
| 🟡 Yellow | Card ranks | ACE, JACK, QUEEN, TEN |
| 🟢 Green | Hand tools | HAMMER, WRENCH, PLIERS, CHISEL |
| 🔵 Blue | Rare citrus | YUZU, UGLI, SUDACHI, CALAMANSI |
| 🟣 Purple | Deadly sins | PRIDE, ENVY, GREED, SLOTH |
The purple trap: JACK tempts toward a car jack/tool but it's the card rank; PRIDE could be a lion group but it's a sin.
How the September 2, 2026 board comes apart
Start with Card ranks (🟡 yellow). ACE, JACK, QUEEN and TEN share the most literal link on the board — each one is a plain, dictionary-level example of “Card ranks”. Bank the safest group first: clearing four tiles early leaves every later decoy fewer places to hide.
Green is Hand tools (🟢). HAMMER and WRENCH usually surface first; the test is whether PLIERS and CHISEL belong to “Hand tools” just as cleanly. If one of the four feels forced, that word probably serves another group and you are one tile off.
The blue group, Rare citrus, tends to need a second pass. YUZU, UGLI, SUDACHI and CALAMANSI only click once you stop reading each word at surface level and ask what single category could hold all four at once — here, that shared frame is “Rare citrus”.
Purple is Deadly sins: PRIDE, ENVY, GREED and SLOTH. Do not hunt for it directly — the “Deadly sins” link is built to stay invisible until the easier groups are gone. Solve around it and let the last four tiles confirm themselves.
Why the purple group misleads: JACK tempts toward a car jack/tool but it's the card rank; PRIDE could be a lion group but it's a sin. Whenever a word seems to fit two groups, park it and finish the group that has four unambiguous members — the leftover placement resolves itself.
Want to play instead?
Play today's Daily Group Grid, see today's hints, or browse the full answer archive. New to grouping puzzles? Our word-grouping tips and puzzle glossary cover the recurring category types.
Operator note: dated answer pages are generated automatically, one per date, by generate_daily.py (see README) and never rewritten once published.